## Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Pesukei Dezimra, Psalm 146

###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Pesukei Dezimra, Psalm 146 1
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**הַלְ֒לוּיָהּ** הַלְ֒לִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהֹוָה: אֲהַלְלָה יְהֹוָה בְּחַיָּי אֲזַמְּ֒רָה לֵאלֹהַי בְּעוֹדִי: אַל־תִּבְטְחוּ בִנְדִיבִים בְּבֶן־אָדָם שֶׁאֵין לוֹ תְשׁוּעָה: תֵּצֵא רוּחוֹ יָשֻׁב לְאַדְמָתוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָבְ֒דוּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָיו: אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁאֵל יַעֲקֹב בְּעֶזְרוֹ, שִׂבְרוֹ עַל־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָיו: עֹשֶׂה שָׁמַֽיִם וָאָֽרֶץ אֶת־הַיָּם וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּם, הַשֹּׁמֵר אֱמֶת לְעוֹלָם: עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּט לַעֲשׁוּקִים נֹתֵן לֶֽחֶם לָרְ֒עֵבִים יְהֹוָה מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים: יְהֹוָה פֹּקֵֽחַ עִוְרִים יְהֹוָה זֹקֵף כְּפוּפִים יְהֹוָה אֹהֵב צַדִּיקִים: יְהֹוָה שֹׁמֵר אֶת־גֵּרִים יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה יְעוֹדֵד וְדֶֽרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים יְעַוֵּת: יִמְלֹךְ יְהֹוָה לְעוֹלָם אֱלֹהַֽיִךְ צִיּוֹן לְדֹר וָדֹר הַלְ֒לוּיָהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Praise God! My soul, praise Adonoy. I will praise Adonoy with my life; I will sing to my God as long as I live. Do not place your trust [even] in noble men,¹³ in man who has no [power of] deliverance. [When] his spirit departs, he returns to his earth;¹⁴ of all the world they are the one possession which is guaranteed to him.—*S.R. Hirsch* on that day his plans come to naught. Fortunate [is he] when the Almighty of Jacob is his help,¹⁵ whose expectation is on Adonoy, his God. He makes heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them; He keeps His promises faithfully forever.¹⁶ He performs justice for the oppressed; He gives bread to the hungry; Adonoy releases the imprisoned. Adonoy gives sight to the blind; Adonoy straightens the bent. Adonoy loves the righteous. Adonoy protects strangers; the orphan and widow He enables to stand firm; and the way of the wicked He thwarts. Adonoy will reign forever; your God, Zion, throughout all generations. Praise God.

footnotes:
¹³ According to the Sages, it is implied that one should not rely even on the merit of his sainted ancestors, the Patriarchs, for deliverance.
¹⁴ Only the four cubits of ground which will receive him one day are his;
¹⁵ Jacob, more than anyone, sensed God’s nearness and protection throughout his difficult life and through all the trials to which he was subjected.—S.R. Hirsch
¹⁶ He alone has always proven dependable and faithful, for there are no limits to His essence and to His power.—Ibn Ezra, Radak